The Tools of Empire by Headrick

The Tools of Empire by Headrick

This updated manual presents extensive preparation for the Advanced Placement English Language & Composition test with helpful features that include:

Five full-length practice exams with all questions answered and explained

A complete overview of the AP test

Advice and instruction for answering multiple-choice questions

A guide to writing focused and well-organized responses to essay questions

Sample student essays with critiques

Guidelines for evaluating essays and determining final AP exam scores.
The manual can be purchased alone or with an optional CD-ROM that includes two additional practice tests with answer explanations and automatic scoring.

BONUS ONLINE PRACTICE TEST Students who purchase this book or package will also get FRE access to one additional full-length online AP English Language and Composition test with all questions answered and explained.

'Headrick is a master of his technical information and this book is valuable as a convenient record of the extension overseas of Western shipping, railways, telecommunications, urban utilities, irrigation, botany, mining, metallurgy and education' D.K. Fieldhouse, Jesus College, Cambridge, EHR Jan. 92

Headrick, Daniel: - Daniel R. Headrick received his Ph.D. in History from Princeton University. Professor of History and Social Science, Emeritus, at Roosevelt University in Chicago, he is the author of several books on the history of technology, imperialism, and international relations, including THE TOOLS OF EMPIRE: TECHNOLOGY AND EUROPEAN IMPERIALISM IN THE NINETEENTH CENTURY; THE TENTACLES OF PROGRESS: TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER IN THE AGE OF IMPERIALISM; THE INVISIBLE WEAPON: TELECOMMUNICATIONS AND INTERNATIONAL POLITICS; TECHNOLOGY: A WORLD HISTORY; POWER OVER PEOPLES: TECHNOLOGY, ENVIRONMENTS AND WESTERN IMPERIALISM, 1400 TO THE PRESENT; and WHEN INFORMATION CAME OF AGE: TECHNOLOGIES OF KNOWLEDGE IN THE AGE OF REASON AND REVOLUTION, 1700-1850. His articles have appeared in the JOURNAL OF WORLD HISTORY and the JOURNAL OF MODERN HISTORY, and he has been awarded fellowships by the National Endowment for the Humanities, the John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation, and the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation.

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ISBN 13	9780195028324
ISBN 10	0195028325
Title	The Tools of Empire
Author	Headrick
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Binding Type	Paperback
Publisher	Oxford University Press Inc
Year published	1981-03-26
Number of pages	224
Cover note	Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary.